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Of What use is a Certification to me?

For me, getting a certification definitely will give any IT Professional an edge against those who are not certified. I admit that when I tried for my first certification, I have a thinking that it is for everybody and that it is just a money generating thing for Microsoft, Cisco, etc because anyone who spends time reading the Technical books can pass and be certified. But when I finished the test, I learned that he questions given are a true test of experience of an IT professional, something that you will be able to answer if you have a deeper knowledge of the subject matter and something that you won’t acquire from reading and memorizing text books.

Most if not all companies, have use this as a gauge to measure the experience and knowledge of IT Professionals which I think is a very good tool to use since those who are certified really deserve to be called one as they have devoted a lot of time and effort in obtaining that Certification.

Yes, you have to pay Microsoft or Cisco or CompTia or other companies in order to be acknowledge as an experienced and certified IT Professional of their products but I don’t think this is money generating. These big companies have dedicated a lot in order to get the reputation and prestige that they have now in the IT industry and of course, if they awarded somebody their certification, it means that they are allowing that person to be associated with the reputation that their company holds. And of course I believe that nothing in this world is free so it is just okay for me to pay if what I will be getting in exchange is the equal amount of respect as what this companies’ are getting once I get certified with them.

Currently, I am already holding 3 Microsoft certifications and I am still pursuing other certifications because I believe that getting certified is one of a good proof that I am trying my best to update my knowledge and be regarded as a credible IT Professional who really knows her craft.